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==Overview==
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On biopsy, medullary thyroid cancer is characterized by interstitial edema and coarse calcifications.
==Key Biopsy Findings in Medullary Thyroid Cancer==
===Microscopic Pathology===
* Microscopic features of medullary thyroid cancer is as follows:
====Cytoplasm and Nuclei====
:* Nested with delicate vascular septa
:* Trabecular cells
:* Tubular/glandular, pseudo-papillary cells
:* Polygonal to spindle to small cells
:* Amphophilic, somewhat granular cytoplasm
:* Interstitial edema
:* Vascular stroma may have amyloid deposits with fluffy appearing acellular eosinophilic material in the cytoplasm
:* Stroma can show hemorrhage, hyalinised collagen, oedema or metaplastic bone
:* Coarse calcification and psammoma bodies may be present
:* Nuclei with "neuroendocrine features"
:* Small, round nuclei.
:* Coarse chromatin (salt and pepper nuclei)
====Surrounding Thyroid====
:* +/-C-cell hyperplasia - seen with familial forms of medullary thyroid cancer
:* C cells (AKA parafollicular cell): abundant cytoplasm - clear/pale
==Biopsy Exams of Medullary Thyroid Cancer==
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